''Ice Blues'' is a 2008 gay-themed

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starring Chad Allen and

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, and directed by Emmy-nominated Canadian-born director

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. featuring fictional detective Donald Strachey. It is the third adaptation of a Richard Stevenson novel, though it was the fourth to be released. ''Ice Blues'' was screened in select markets in Canada in the summer of 2008 on the pay station Super Channel, but did not premiere in the United States until September 5, 2008 on

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TV network. The film was nominated for the

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Cast

Production notes

Release order

According to Ken Clark, the webmaster of fan site Chad Allen Online, there were a couple of reasons that ''

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'' was released before ''Ice Blues''. One was script quality; the producers felt that the adaptation of the novel needed substantial revisions to the overall plot. The other was the desired weather conditions for shooting, as ''Ice Blues'' was meant to take place in winter, so plans to shoot in May 2007 were shelved and filming was postponed until December of that year or the winter season of 2008.Chad Allen Online Forum Index
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